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Smooth Mesquite
Neltuma laevigata
24 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
honey mesquiteNeltuma glandulosa
mesquiteNeltuma juliflora
Neltuma andicola
velvet mesquiteNeltuma velutina
Sweet acaciaVachellia farnesiana
western honey mesquiteNeltuma odorata
Schaffner's acaciaVachellia schaffneri
White leadtreeLeucaena leucocephala
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Mexico | 1,034 |
|---|---|
| Guanajuato | 325 |
| Queretaro de Arteaga | 145 |
| Aguascalientes | 112 |
| San Luis Potosi | 67 |
| Jalisco | 62 |
| Durango | 57 |
| Puebla | 46 |
| Mexico | 39 |
| Michoacan de Ocampo | 35 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Legumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales |
| Family | Legumes · Fabaceae |
| Genus | mesquites · Neltuma |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Smooth Mesquite with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.